Graham Hancock's novel War God review

Posted originally on the Rogan Board-

I finished War God and enjoyed it very much. Graham Hancock has spoken of a hesitation on the part of publishers to put out his fiction writing on the pigeonholed as a non-fiction writer and that would be ridiculous on the part of those publishers as he is a fine fiction writer. I think his observations from his non-fiction works, I think, add to the richness of his description. At some point I'll read War God again as there were a lot of characters to follow and keep track of.
I read a lot of history but haven't really studied that era of history to any degree so it was especially good for me that he included that War God and History section at the end of the tieing together his fictional aspects of the story with what are commonly accepted as historical facts pertaining to that era. Overall, lots of intriguing characters like Alvarado, Tozi, and of course, Cortes. Lots of violent and brutal battles and actions sequences and some powerful scenes such as the gruesome sacrifice. I look forward to the next two books and I commend Graham for making the book available for 2.99 on Kindle.

Banshee

Based on a recommendation by a friend, I ordered the blu ray of the Cinemax tv show Banshee. It took me only three days to watch the full ten episodes and it more than delivered. Not at all a family show it has very few limits in its action and sexual action. The tale of an ex-con, with a bit of a knack for being in place at the right, or wrong depending on how one looks at things, manages to steal the newly arrived sheriff's identity before anyone in town has met the sheriff. His purpose of being in the town is to track down his ex girlfriend and former accomplice, who now has a family. In their earlier lives they had run afoul of the Russian mob and now Sheriff Lucas Hood has run afoul of the town's rough Amish mob boss. I cannot recommend Banshee enough if you are looking for some action with twists and turns.

Back with the blog

Between posting on Facebook, posting on the Rogan Board, the Hoffman Forums, and the Boxingscene Forums, I post a lot of content every day, and it's easy to forget that I have a blog also, one that now I haven't updated in almost a year. That will change and I will be on here more frequently for those who check out the blog.